Espanyol 4 - Osasuna 1

Espanyol: Kameni; Ibarra (Soldevilla 87'), Lopo, Pochettino, David García; Fredson, Ito; Maxi (Toni Velamazán 90'), De la Peña (Amavisca 77'), Oscar Serrano; Tamudo. 4-2-3-1.
Osasuna: Elía; Expósito, Cruchaga, Josetxo, Corrales; Valdo (Ortíz 46'), Pablo García, Puñal, Delporte (Moha 58'); Morales (Milosevic 71'), Webó. 4-4-2.

Team changes: Espanyol: Fredson, De la Peña for Morales, Miñambres, / Osasuna: Pablo García for Muñoz.

Goals:
0-1. 16. Webó. Ran on to strike long shot past Kameni from outside of area.
1-1. 32. Maxi. Intercepted bad headed back pass to forced ball over line.
2-1. 37. Fredson. Headed ball in off cross bar from De la Peña corner.
3-1. 38. De la Peña. Bent free kick over wall from outside of area.
4-1. 83. Fredson. Header from close up after Tamudo played free kick back in.

Espanyol moved back up to the Champions League spots after a convincing 4-1 win over Osasuna. It was the visitors who took the lead though when Webó beat his fellow countryman Kameni from outside of the area, and for a few minutes the locals fans feared that they were on for a repeat of last season's 0-1 scoreline. But this was a different Espanyol, and three goals in seven minute turned the scoreline in the Catalans' favour.

Maxi started off the recovery, taking advantage of a bad headed back-pass by Corrales to run past Elía and force the ball over the line. Fredson made it two with a powerful header from De la Peña's corner, his celebration even more spectacular than the goal. And De la Peña got the third himself from a well placed free kick, sparking off talk of a possible call up for the "Little Buddha" for Spain's next international match.

Osasuna though were battling to get back to the European spots, and Kameni had to be at his best to keep out a Morales header immediately after the restart. Elía saved twice from Maxi at the other end, and Lopo headed another effort over the bar. But Kameni was called upon again to stop efforts from Pablo García and substitute Milosevic, who was returning to the side after an injury. Fredson rounded things off though with a fourth goal from close up after Elía blocked Tamudo's cross, only for the ball to bounce up into the air to the Brazilian midfielder. Espanyol were back up to fourth, and Fredson entertained the crowd with another jig.